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Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
Worst
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Fiercest
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Dogs
Hatred
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Greatest
Virtue

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